Chapter 165 Waiting for the arrival of disaster

While the Chinese workers were discussing the release of Charlotte by Guo Jinzhang, the person involved, the mayor of Denver, had already arrived at the door of the San Francisco Police Department. However, what was strange was that Charlotte did not rush to walk in, but stood at the door and looked carefully, as if he wanted to study the architectural style and construction method of the four-story building in front. As a result, after he stood like this for half an hour, the two policemen slowly approached:

"Who are you? What are you doing?"

"I'll report the case!"

"Report the case?" The two policemen looked at each other, "Then why are you staying at the door? Why don't you go in?"

"I'm considering whether to report the case!" Charlotte said again.

“…”

This person is sick? The two policemen looked at each other again and saw the doubts in each other's eyes.

"Brother, what do you want to do?" Charlotte is not young anymore, and in order to hire a carriage, Guo Jinzhang and Liu Tongfu specially made him a set of clothes that can be seen by him. In order to cover up the handcuffs, he prepared another coat. Therefore, his outfit is still acceptable. In addition, he has been in Denver for many years, served as mayor for several terms, and always developed a leadership style. Although he was arrested by Guo Jinzhang and others, he had never suffered any ***. Therefore, although the two policemen felt that he was deliberately trying to find fault, they were afraid of the calmness he showed, and finally suppressed their temper and did not say anything swearing. However, just when the two decided to ignore this person, Charlotte finally made up his mind:

"I am Denver Mayor Miles Charlotte, I was kidnapped, so I'll report the case!"

“…?”

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"Mayor of Denver?"

The news soon reached Sacramento... Although Guo Jinzhang and others destroyed many cables along the Pacific Railway and cut off information communications from the east and west of the United States, the telegram communication between San Francisco and Sacramento was still very smooth. Therefore, when the San Francisco Police Chief received a report from his subordinates and asked him personally, confirming that the person in front of him was definitely a person of more origin, he immediately reported the news to the mayor of San Francisco. The mayor of San Francisco made a decision again and again, and after confirming that the police chief was not making any mistakes, he reported the news to the California State Government as soon as possible.

"He claimed that he was the mayor of Denver and the acting governor of Colorado!" Seeing Perkins suddenly jumping up, Edmund did not dare to delay and immediately shook out what he had just known.

"Acting Governor? Isn't Colorado's governor Grant?" Perkins also noticed his disobedience, pretended to tidy up his tie and sat back. However, just as he sat down, Edmund's answer made him jump again:

"Governor Grant is dead."

"Diet?" Perkins' eyes suddenly rounded, "You say Grant is dead?"

"That's right. It is said to have died of murder." Edmund was obviously in the same shock. "According to the telegram from San Francisco, Governor Grant encountered a group of gangsters on his way back to Denver after the Chinese captured Pueblo and Colorado Prince. The gangster leader was a wanted criminal. The wanted criminal asked Grant to grant himself a pardon. Grant sternly refused. As a result, the wanted criminal nicknamed "Mad Dog" persecuted him inhumanely. In the end, Governor Grant could not bear it and had to sign a pardon order. However, because he was afraid that he would spread the persecution and the pardon order was invalid, the wanted criminal simply killed him, and almost all the people accompanying him were killed!"

"My God!" Perkins couldn't help but make a cross in front of him, "A governor was killed! They actually dared to kill the governor? These hateful Chinese people are so bold!"

"George... it was not the Chinese who killed Grant, but a white bandit!" Edmund was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly reminded.

"White?" Perdos was stunned.

"Yes, it's a white man." Edmund replied affirmatively. He was speechless. He didn't say he was a yellow man just now. Why did you think of going to the Chinese?

"Well, what's the matter with that Denver mayor? Why did he come to California? Shouldn't he stay in Denver to manage his city?" Perkins asked again.

"He was kidnapped by the Chinese." Edmund took a deep breath: "George, those guys, they're here!"

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San Francisco Police Department Conference Room.

Charlotte was sitting in front of Police Chief Herbert Erlanger, beside Erlanger was San Francisco Mayor Hamilton Cohen. He rushed over after receiving a call from the police station... Although Washington only greeted Perkins in Sacramento, they also told Perkins that according to various situations, the most likely target of the Chinese was San Francisco. Therefore, despite sneering at this warning, Perkins still told it to San Francisco. Although Hamilton didn't care much about this news or warning, he did not make any defense preparations for the people and money, he still remembered it in his heart. So, as soon as he received Erlanger's call, he immediately put down the guest room and rushed over without delaying even a minute or a second.

"Don't you believe me?"

Charlotte seemed very relaxed. He held a cigar he had just begged for from Erlanger's hand, and was looking at the two big men in front of him leisurely... To be honest, compared to him, the mayor of Denver, the two people on the other side were really much stronger. At least, the territory under his command was not comparable to the population. But somehow, when he saw a mayor and a police chief sitting in front of him so upright, he just wanted to laugh. Although he knew that this emotion was abnormal, he just wanted to laugh, but he didn't know what was going on... Maybe he had been with the Chinese for too long. Those guys seemed to like to despise authority and mock authority like this. He thought to himself.

"Mr. Charlotte, although we are not sure yet, I do believe that you are the Mayor of Denver." Erlanger dislikes Charlotte's performance very much. He is the police chief and has seen all kinds of people. Charlotte's performance in front of him makes him feel like he is facing a little hooligan... and a little hooligan who has just debuted. Because only such a little hooligan who has nothing can care about nothing. Yes, it is just not caring, the kind of inconsideration that has nothing. Charlotte gives him this feeling.

"Thank you for your admission." Charlotte nodded and smiled at him.

"Then can you tell us how you were kidnapped by those Chinese...?" Hamilton asked again.

"To be precise, I shouldn't have been kidnapped." Charlotte took another sip of the cigar. "The Chinese surrounded Denver. In order not to let Denver suffer the same fate as other Colorado cities, they arrested me and gave it to the Chinese!"

"This... seems unlikely!" Erlanger was stunned for a moment, then shook his head repeatedly, "Are you talking about them referring to other people in Denver? I never believe they would arrest a mayor and give it to a group of thugs! Isn't it useful to say anything else?"

"Of course it's useful. Because they think that all the disasters were led by me and Grant. If we were not for us, Colorado would not have suffered such disasters. If Grant died, I should naturally go out to accept the punishment I deserve and take the responsibilities I should bear." Charlotte smiled.

"This is really scary!" Hamilton shrank unconsciously, as if he was sent out as if he was himself.

"I just want to know now where the group of Chinese are near San Francisco?" Erlanger suddenly stood up, pressed his hands on the table, and asked loudly.

"I've said it many times: I don't know!" Charlotte shook his head gently.

"Then how did you come to San Francisco?" Erlang asked again.

"The Chinese brought me here, and then let me go!" Charlotte spread his hands flat and shrugged again.

"Mr. Charlotte, do you think we will believe this reason?" Hamilton asked with a wry smile.

"Actually, if I were sitting in your seat, I wouldn't believe it. But that's the truth!" Charlotte also smiled bitterly.

"Then why did the Chinese let you go? Could it be that what agreement did you reach with them?" Erlang asked again.

"Mr. Director, what qualifications do you think a guy like me who is abandoned by citizens and accused of murdering the governor have to reach an agreement with those Chinese? What kind of agreement can he reach?" Charlotte asked back.

"Suspect of the Governor's murder? Didn't you say that the one who killed Grant was a wanted man?" Hamilton said in surprise.

"Yes, the one who killed Grant was a wanted criminal." Charlotte still smiled bitterly: "But the problem is that during the days when the Chinese surrounded Denver, this wanted criminal was appointed by me as the acting police chief of Denver, and brought his desperate people and me, as well as the citizens of Denver, to resist the Chinese attack. After the Chinese defeated and captured a thousand federal army sent by Washington, those people were afraid that the Chinese would break the defense and be killed, so they advocated surrender. But the wanted criminal and I were exactly the two people who opposed this proposition the most, so I became the accomplice of that guy!"

"Maybe, you are an accomplice in your own right?" Erlang said suddenly.

"I agree with your suspicion. In fact, I think it's hard to argue." Charlotte sighed, then smiled again: "But it's okay. The wanted criminal was executed by the Chinese, and I'm still alive."

"Oh? Why don't the Chinese kill you?" Hamilton asked.

"They originally wanted to put me in the entrance of the Donner Tunnel, cut off all the muscles in their bodies, leaving only a skeleton and a complete head for the people behind to watch, but I don't know what happened, and they finally changed their minds." At this point, Charlotte's face was a little pale, and he was obviously still in fear.

"God!" Only a skeleton and a complete head were left? Thinking of that scene, Hamilton felt a little cold in his heart, and he couldn't help but make a cross on his chest, "This is so cruel. What a group of barbaric guys!"

"They are not savage!" Charlotte shook his head again, then pointed to his head: "On the contrary, they are very smart. Otherwise, they wouldn't have such a headache for Washington, right?"

"You don't know where they are, but they are kidnapped... Then, don't you even know the area they probably might have hidden?" Erlang asked again.

"I only know that it was by the sea. Because I heard the sound of waves when I was taken into custody." Charlotte replied.

"Then why did they send you to San Francisco again? Since it was sent to you, it could not be you alone, right?" Erlang asked again.

"I said it, I don't know." Charlotte said.

"If it's just such a reason, it's hard to believe." Erlanger shook his head and sighed, "According to your own words, you are a prisoner of the Chinese. They are now attacking San Francisco, but they release you out in advance... Mr. Charlotte, don't you think this is ridiculous?"

"Then what reason do you think is more appropriate?" Charlotte asked back.

"You certainly didn't escape, did you?" Erlang asked.

"Of course. I am not omnipotent, and I am always trying to attack the cowboys, because the more they are like this, the more they die in the hands of those Chinese..." Charlotte curled his lips: "Just like the more than a thousand militias you sent to California before, they are indeed very brave, and they insist on launching a fierce attack on the Chinese, but what happened? They were defeated. Not only that, after they were defeated, they gave their entire lives because of a news from San Francisco."

"All life was given?" Hamilton frowned. "You mean, our militia have all been killed in battle in Colorado, and more than a thousand people have all died in battle?"

"That's for sure." Charlotte head.

"Haha, this is really the second funny joke I have heard this year, second only to Colorado being captured by a group of Chinese, hahaha..." Erlanger suddenly laughed, "Mr. Charlotte, Kazan Fornia sent a thousand people, more than one thousand people, and Thomas Gunton was the one who led them. Do you know who he is? He was once the commander of a cavalry regiment, a lieutenant colonel, and a regular federal army officer. But you said that under his leadership, more than a thousand people were defeated and killed by the Chinese? Don't you think this joke is too inaccurate?"

"I never joke with people, especially those who are not familiar with them." Charlotte shook his head lightly, "Your militia are indeed dead, and there may be living people, but I have never seen them. Moreover, I can tell you with certainty that even if there are still living people, their number must be very, very small. As for the Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Gunton you mentioned, I have never seen him again after he left Denver without authorization and launched an attack on the Chinese. I hope God blesses him and give him good luck."

“…”

Charlotte said it was very sure, and his performance also made Erlanger and Hamilton feel a little bit skeptical. However, after a while of silence, they were still unwilling to believe the news provided by Charlotte:

"I still can't believe it. We have more than a thousand people, and even in the face of a regular federal army, it is impossible for them to be wiped out."

"But unfortunately, they were not facing the regular Federal Army, but the cunning and insidious Chinese. Of course, they were much stronger than the Federal Army, because the 1,000 Federal Army sent by Washington were almost captured by the Chinese without even having time to release a single shot." Charlotte said.

"...you, to be honest?" Those thousand people were really dead? Looking at Charlotte's serious appearance, Hamilton's heart couldn't help but hang up. You know, most of the more than one thousand people were from San Francisco. If they were really killed in battle, then the pressure he would face...

"Don't believe what he said. This guy is just talking nonsense." Erlanger suddenly stood up again, "Mr. Charlotte, I'm starting to doubt your identity again, do you know?"

"It can be seen." Charlotte smiled, "I seem to have overthought it. Is it?"

"It's not too much, but very too much." A grin flashed across Erlanger's lips, "In my life, except during the Civil War, I have never heard of more than a thousand casualties in a battle, especially because this record was created by a group of Chinese. Mr. Charlotte, I had believed most of your words, but unfortunately, you showed a flaw again."

"Then what are you going to do to me?" Charlotte asked with a smile, looking like he didn't care.

"I will lock you up for the time being and then investigate..."

"And then, if I was really Miles Charlotte, let me go; if not, let me go to court?" Charlotte smiled.

"You are very smart. You are just too smart." Erlanger said coldly.

"Thank you for your compliment." Charlotte spit out the last smoke ring, knocked out the cigar in his hand on the table, and stood up: "So, are you going to arrange a place for me to 'rest' now?...I asked for a quieter room, preferably a quilt!"

“…?”

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"Do you think what this guy is saying is true?"

Charlotte was taken down by the police without handcuffs, and it was arranged in a single room. In addition, Hamilton also ordered him a steak, red wine, and two quilts... In winter, if this guy is really the mayor, the hospitality would be too rough and not good-looking. However, although the person was temporarily locked up, Hamilton was still worried about gains and losses.

"Actually, I can't tell you. Although I don't believe in those." Erlanger couldn't tell you.

"What should we do now?" Hamilton asked again.

"I'll send someone to the beach to check it out and search it to see if there are any traces of strange Chinese people." Erlang said.

"Good idea. But it's better to be faster." Hamilton said.

"That's certain."

The two agreed that soon, with Erlanger's order, the police in San Francisco quickly took action. At the same time, in a "high-end" room in the police station, Charlotte was eating steak and drinking red wine while muttering:

"Sure enough, that person had guessed the ending now, and you guys could not believe what I said! Since that's the case... wait for the disaster to come, idiots!"

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Chapter completed!